These contrasting moods elevate the feel of the game as a whole, giving it a texture most games don’t get close to, especially one that is, in essence, so simple. And it is so much fun! Not only are the puzzles great and the various control inputs rewarding but it’s added to greatly by the presentation – the 50’s styled advertising (which has a similar tone to Tomorrow Corporations’ work) allowing the game to tell it story and controls in a more creative way, whilst adding some much needed light and humour this is countered by the game itself, which is dark and moody, often finding it difficult to even see it has a fantastic atmosphere which grows as the planet’s inhabitants come to play. You control the affordable space craft, a rickety machine that allows you to light the way, scan items and stumble through the terrain mixing traditional controls to move the vehicle, with the gamepad to move the levers and buttons for engines and thrusters, and twisting the controller to alter it’s angle.Īs the game progresses you quickly get more access to the parts of the ship – more speed, different engines, and even the ability to change the ship’s mass each one providing new opporutnities for inventive and increasingly fiendish puzzles. It has 38 levels, with each level a puzzle you have to solve to complete it. The game explains its set up with an ironic promotional video, tantalising us with consumer space travel to lavish and beautiful worlds, and then throws you on a bleak, desolate planet where your journey hasn’t gone quite according to plan. It’s a hard game to categorise, ultimately it’s a puzzle game, but it’s presented and plays so differently it often feels more of an adventure game, especially with its focus on atmosphere and objective – your ship is stranded on this alien planet, and you have to get off. They have taken this focus on the hardware and fleshed it out to create a more in-depth gaming experience in Affordable Space Adventures.
In 2013 Knapnok Games released the excellent Spin The Bottle on the Wii U eShop, which utilised the gamepad brilliantly, creating an inventive and hilarious party experience.
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